Publish an application to an Update Set

Publish an application to an Update Set

Publishing an application creates an Update Set containing the current version of all
application configuration records.

About this task

You can use this Update Set as a backup file for auditing purposes or to transfer the
application to another instance.

Procedure

Navigate to System Applications > Applications.

Click the Develop tab.

Open the application record you want to create an Update Set for.

Click the Publish to Update Set related link.

(Optional)
Fill in the fields, as appropriate (see table).

Table 1. Publish to Update Set

Field

Description

Application name

[Read-only] Displays the name of the application that you
are publishing.

Version

Enter version information to append to the Update Set
name in dot-notation such as 1.2.3. The platform saves
the information you enter here in the application
Version field.

The Update Set has the name <Application name> -
<Version>. If you leave this field blank, the
initial Update Set has the name <Application name>
and subsequent Update Sets have the name <Application
name> - <Sequential number>.

Description

Enter a description for the Update Set. By default, this
field contains the short description of the
application.

Include data

Select the check box to include a limited number of data
records from each table in the application. Use this
feature to package sample data with your
applications.

Warning:

Using this feature to migrate large quantities of
data records between instances can cause
performance issues, as it is not intended for this
purpose. To migrate data, use an
instance-to-instance import. You can adjust the
maximum number of data records to include with an
application.

If your sample data includes tables with
record numbering, the current counter value is
also transferred. When the Update Set is applied
on another instance, the counter is set to the
larger of the sample data or the target instance
counter.

For translated fields, only records in
English are transferred.

Click Publish.

A new Update Set is created and the latest update of each application
file in the application is copied into it. The Update Set is marked as
complete.

Transfer the Update Set to another instance according to your test
process.